From the UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA media release: Racial stereotypes and expectations can impact the way we communicate and understand others, according to UBC research. The new study, published in the Journal of the Acoustical…
From the SPRINGER media release: If you want to strike up a new relationship, simply smile. It works because people are much more attuned to positive emotions when forming new bonds than they are to…
From the DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore media release: Research led by a Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) scientist has proved that certain special fats found in blood are essential for human brain growth…
From the Karolinska Institutet media release: In a new study led from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet, researchers report that people can be conditioned to associate images with particular pain responses — such as improved tolerance to…
From the OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS media release: A new article publishing online today in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine has reported the first case showing an association between exposure to head injuries in rugby union…
From the Oxford University Press USA media release: An article, “Smaller amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex predict escalating stimulant use,” published online on May 13 in Brain: A Journal of Neurology has found that individual…
From the University of Central Florida media release: For decades, frustrated parents and teachers have barked at fidgety children with ADHD to “Sit still and concentrate!” But new research shows that if you want ADHD…
From the University of California, LA media release: Six months ago, researchers at UCLA published a study that showed using a specific type of yoga to engage in a brief, simple daily meditation reduced the…
From the Ohio State University media release: If governments want to discourage smoking among young people, both high taxes and smoking bans do the job — but bans may have one key advantage. A first-of-its-kind…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Public trust and confidence in the police have remained flat for several decades despite a declining crime rate in the U.S., a problem that has become especially…